Fat Graft Course Description
Lipografting
Lipografting is very technique dependent. These instructional workshops demonstrate proven techniques that ensure survival of large graft volumes. Through direct closed interaction in the OR, experienced instructors will reveal their technical tips for safety, efficiency and reliability.
To show entire process and results, workshop includes live office consultation with long-term follow up patients and patients in the midst of their reconstruction.
This is an intensive educational experience with didactic lectures and round table discussions. Invited expert faculty will bring participants up to date with the latest developments in breast surgery.
Paradigm Shift in Breast Reconstruction
Generate recipient matrix & skin envelope serial
outpatient lipografting to fill with live tissue
Conventional Reconstruction:
Expander serially filled with saline stretches the envelope leaving behind a dead space to be filled with a prosthesis.
MIAMI Reconstruction:
External expander stretches scar & skin envelope to generate a vascularized scaffold. Serial seeding of this scaffold with micrografts over a few outpatient sessions generates the equivalent of an autologous vascularized tissue flap.
Breast Reconstruction Example
Bilateral mastectomies 30 years ago
Minimally Invasive Autologous Mastectomy Incisionless, MIAMI Reconstructions performed with Brava® external expansion and 4 small outpatient lipografting sessions. Note the body contouring benefit and the absence of new scars.
Breast Augmentation Example
Single stage >300ml breast augmentation & total body transformation